Hello! I am originally from the USSR and grew up in Austin, Texas. I moved out to the Bay Area 7 years ago to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at UCSF. I am now a clinical science postdoctoral fellow at Genentech, putting my degree to use helping patients :) My husband, Nik, is a climate scientist. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been performing our research remotely full time. We have been traveling around the West, taking advantage of our ability to work from anywhere. We are interested in living in Berkeley for the next phase of our journey.